Gabriel Miller swept into my life like a storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl's college to take care of the only family I have left.

There's one way to save our house, one thing I have left of value.

My virginity.

A forbidden auction...

Gabriel appears at every turn. He seems to take pleasure in watching me fall. Other times he's the only kindness in a brutal underworld.

Except he's playing a deeper game than I know. Every move brings us together, every secret rips us apart. And when the final piece is played, only one of us can be left standing.

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THE PAWN is a full-length contemporary novel from New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren about revenge and seduction in the game of love. It's the first book in the captivating ENDGAME trilogy.

"Sinfully sexy and darkly beautiful, The Pawn will play games with your heart and leave you craving more!" - Laura Kaye, New York Times bestselling author

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"Positively sinful, and outrageously sexy! Emotions run high and readers will be left gasping." - New York Times bestselling author Lisa Renee Jones "Smart, dark, deeply sensual read with characters I fell in love with from the minute they walked onto the page!" - New York Times bestselling author Carly Phillips "Skye Warren's THE PAWN is a triumph of intrigue, angst, and sensual drama. I was clenching everything. Gabriel and Avery sucked me in from the first few paragraphs and never let go." - New York Times bestselling author Annabel Joseph

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Gabriel Miller swept into my life like a storm. He tore down my father with cold retribution, leaving him penniless in a hospital bed. I quit my private all-girl's college to take care of the only family I have left.

There's one way to save our house, one thing I have left of value.

My virginity.

A forbidden auction...

Gabriel appears at every turn. He seems to take pleasure in watching me fall. Other times he's the only kindness in a brutal underworld.

Except he's playing a deeper game than I know. Every move brings us together, every secret rips us apart. And when the final piece is played, only one of us can be left standing.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

THE PAWN is a full-length contemporary novel from New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren about revenge and seduction in the game of love. It's the first book in the captivating ENDGAME trilogy.

"Sinfully sexy and darkly beautiful, The Pawn will play games with your heart and leave you craving more!" - Laura Kaye, New York Times bestselling author

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I guess it's too early for me to say something that makes sense. The story and mystery just started to take shape. I loved it up until now but I still have to see where all this goes.Will things keep on being interesting or would they lose their magic? That's my dilemma right now!!!

"Move into jeopardy. Be captured. So simple and yet so hard to do. Surrender."

The Pawn is a darkly intoxicating story of a young woman who sells her body and her soul to the highest bidder in order to save the only surviving remnant of her former life and the man who comes to own her. A calculated game of wits and maneuvers ensues within these pages, a dark battle for control and surrender takes place. And in this dangerous game of give and take, of fear and lust, each move of the pawn and the king reveal bits of strategy, of secrets, of desire, of truth.

"In chess we’re well matched. I still lost, sacrificing the game to get information that broke my heart. But when it comes to sex, he’s the far superior player. I’m a novice. I’m nothing."

Like every Skye Warren book I've ever read, I couldn't put The Pawn down. Skye Warren knows how to create that razor sharp line between love and hate for her readers, taking them on a deliciously dark ride through pleasure and pain, often tangling the two so intricately, the reader is unsure which they're even feeling at any given moment. That's the same tumultuous journey Avery James is taken on with the man who buys her, the king who owns her. This book hurts so good in a way that only this author's books do. The sensuality in these pages is perfectly yet painfully laced with terror and heartbreak, with uncertainty and fear, that the reader, right along with these characters, is left consumed by everything they're made to feel.

"It’s my role in this game: to fall when the time is right, to protect the king until I’ve run out of time. To sacrifice myself at the perfect turn."

This author is brilliant. A uniquely smart writer, a captivating storyteller, there's no other way to describe Skye Warren than brilliant. Unsurprisingly, there's nothing straight forward about this storyline. It's intense, it's complex. It's completely unpredictable. This story of sex and lust is so exquisitely woven together with the game of chess, with the game of seduction, with the game of lies and deceit. It's a masterful, emotional labyrinth rife with pleasure, pain and heartbreak. The Pawn is a ruthless barrage of emotions you'll both love and hate to feel all at once. And this is just the beginning...

I read this book twice and I really fell in love with the characters of Gabriel and Avery. I will admit that I am not used to the hard-core sex scenes, but I did find them very sexy and exciting! In the second reading, I really got even more out of the chess game metaphor. I thought it was extremely helpful in understanding the characters and this non-traditional love story. It was also very well written. I was hoping for more gentleness and caring from Gabriel toward Avery, but there are still two more books to go, so hopefully we'll see that! I would recommend this series as a very sexy, nontraditional love story with strong characters and a unique plot. Skye Warren is a very talented writer.

I wish one of the other reviews would have mentioned that this book ends with a cliffhanger.It was a relatively fast read that I enjoyed enough however I didn't feel that it was that dark and mysterious.I also thought the sex scenes needed a bit more.Considering all the hype on the book I was a bit underwhelmed.

5,0 su 5 stelleRead in one sitting....can't wait to read the rest of this series!

7 marzo 2017 - Pubblicato su Amazon.com

Formato: Formato Kindle|Acquisto verificato

Wow! Skye found her calling. I'm so impressed by this new author! I can see this series going so far. I love it and can't wait to read the rest of the books! Avery's life has had some major changes and I can't wait to see her develop into one of my favorite characters. I can see her getting jealous and having her intellect get her into trouble with her buyer.

Skye Warren has proven once more that she's the true mistress of dark, disturbing, devious and twisted stories.

The writing is absolutely flawless, the plot imaginative, original and fast-paced with lots of twists and turns, the characters so intriguing, credible villains with plausible motivation, and the story-line so captivating, dark, disturbing, haunting, devious, and sinful.

The Pawn is a story about revenge, deception, power, control, depravity, lust, romance and much more. It pulls you in immediately and keeps you turning the pages until the end.

I won't go into details as to not spoil the plot, but this story is absolutely amazing.